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Lorenzo's Oil
Directed by
George Miller
PG-13
1992
2h 15m
Drama
,
Biography
7.3
93%
80%
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Lorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.
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Cast of Lorenzo's Oil
Nick Nolte
Augusto Odone
Susan Sarandon
Michaela Odone
Peter Ustinov
Professor Nikolais
Ann Hearn
Loretta Muscatine
Maduka Steady
Omuori
Aaron Jackson
Francesco Odone
Laura Linney
Young Teacher
Kathleen Wilhoite
Deirdre Murphy
Gerry Bamman
Doctor Judalon
Margo Martindale
Wendy Gimble
James Rebhorn
Ellard Muscatine
Colin Ward
Jake Gimble
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Nurse Ruth
Jennifer Dundas
Nurse Nancy Jo
William Cameron
Pellerman
Becky Ann Baker
Pellerman's Secretary
Mary Pat Gleason
The Librarian
David Shiner
Clown
Ann Dowd
Pediatrician
Peter MacKenzie
Immunosuppression Doctor
Paul Lazar
Professor Duncan
Joyce Reehling
Columnist
Michael O'Neill
School Psychologist
Richard Cordery
Suddaby's Senior Manager
Angus Barnett
Suddaby's Junior Manager
E. G. Daily
Lorenzo Odone (voice)
Zack O'Malley Greenburg
Lorenzo Odone
Sandy Gore
Murphy Family
Nora Dunfee
Murphy Family
Rocco Sisto
Murphy Family
Amelia Campbell
Murphy Family
Keith Reddin
Murphy Family
Anthony DiLeo Jr.
Conference Parent
Lianne Kressin
Smiling Nurse
Nicolas Petrov
World Bank Executive
Lorenzo's Oil Ratings & Reviews
New York Times
Janet Maslin
This film has an appealingly brisk, unsentimental style and a rare ability to compress and convey detailed medical data.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It takes a heartbreaking story and pushes it to the limit, showing us the lengths of courage and imagination that people can summon when they must.
Common Sense Media
Barbara Shulgasser
Intense film about a boy's fatal illness has heavy themes.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
It takes time to get over Nick Nolte's "wrong" accent, but Susan Sarandon gives a marvelous performance in the George Miller-directed, fact-based drama about a family torn by the degenerative disease of their young boy. Tough but rewarding film to watch
Newsweek
David Ansen
The questions this movie raises about the medical establishment, drug testing and the clash between science and compassion cannot fail to evoke the battles raging over AIDS. Lorenzo's Oil is strong medicine indeed.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
If any movie of recent years deserves to be called "inspirational"--a much-abused term that one hesitates to revive apart from exceptional circumstances--this one certainly does.
Variety
Variety Staff
Sarandon ... convincingly conveys a fierceness and tenacity that is almost frightening. The character never lets up, and neither does the film.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Don't go to it for a Hollywood happy ending. Go to it to learn what it can take to be alive.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
Definitely a remarkable story, but as told by Miller it isn't really an uplifting one.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Betty Jo Tucker
Filmdom's most powerful movie about parental concern carried to the max.
Entertainment Weekly
There has never been a medical drama quite like Lorenzo's Oil. With indelible fervor, it captures the will - the need - to heal.
TV Guide
[Sarandon gives] a brave, complex performance, and the centerpiece of an emotionally searing film.
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